The Ballad O’ Mary Muiren (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The pride o' the clachan, the rose o' the glen,The flower o' oor lasses was Mary Muiren;Sae modest, an' mensefu', ...
Janet Hamilton Poems on Beauty (25 Poems)
Centenary Poem (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Recited at Burns' Centenary Festival, held at Mauchlin, January 25, 1859Oh Bard beloved! as pilgrims to thy shrine, With song and ...
Duleep Singh (Janet Hamilton Poems)
An Indian Prince now Resident in England.Of late I listened to a wondrous tale From lips revered. 'Twas not of war ...
Contrasted Scenes From Real Life (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Scene I—Marriage of Sir R. Peel With Lady E. HaySee yonder gorgeous fane, its doors expand,Throng'd with the rank, wealth, ...
Bells (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Blest Sabbath bells! blest Sabbath bells!My heart with solemn rapture swells;I come! I come! how blessed there,How joyful in the ...
A Memory: Banks of Calder And Cousin Dora (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Straying, musing, singing, dreaming,'Neath the leafy banners streaming,Fleck'd with golden sunbeams gleaming Through the woodland's dun;On lone Calder's banks reclining,Where the ...
Caledonia (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Fair Caledonia! honoured name!The Muse shall boast thy worth and fame;The circling seas that dash and boilAround thy shores with ...
William of Prussia: The Aggressor (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine ...
The May Flower (Janet Hamilton Poems)
May, sweet May! this branch of blossomFrom thy fragrant, beauteous bosom,I accept and clasp the treasureTo my breast with grateful ...
The God of The Seasons (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O God of the Seasons! we bringTo Thee our thankoff'rings of praise;We soar with the lark; as we sing,The skies ...
October, 1861. (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Not changeful April, with her suns and showers,Pregnant with buds, whose birth the genial hoursOf teeming May will give to ...
Decay (Janet Hamilton Poems)
THE MAIDENI gazed on a beautiful girl, How bright were the tints on her cheek!How brilliant the light in her eyes!— Her ...
May, 1864 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Now o'er the laughing meadows, Throned on her dewy car,Queenly May comes with her train, From southern climes afar,To seek her woodland ...
Verses On The Calder In It’s Course By St. Enoch’s, Rosehall (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lone Calder! sweet Calder! beloved of my youth,When Nature I worshipped with fervour and truth;Sweet memories float like a beautiful ...
Verses Written On The Occasion of The Marriage of Albert Edward (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Verses Written On The Occasion of The Marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, And Alexandra, Princess of DenmarkI would ...
June, 1864 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Why darkly veiled, like mourning bride,Com'st thou, sweet June?—Why dost thou hideThy glowing charms and lustrous eyesBeneath a cloudy, cold ...
On The Anticipated Return of J. B. Gough To Britain (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Ere ancient Thebes began on high to raiseHer crest of towers; ere rose the wondrous mazeOf column'd temples, palaces, and ...
The Music of The Stream (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Is it a spirit voice—an angel's song—That pours its liquid melody amongThe mossy stones that break the rippling sheen,Lone Calder! ...
May (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Blooming, brooding, balmy May,Tell me what to sing or sayTo thy praise. I muse in vain—Sonnet, song, and rhyming strainBabble ...
Birkhill: A Memory (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O'er thy lone beauty, sweet Birkhill,Sad, brooding memory hovers still;Within, without, the sylvan cot,Ah! long unseen, but ne'er forgot.The fair-haired ...
Verses (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Benevolence, attended by beauty, By elegance, fashion, and grace,Makes pleasure, the handmaid of duty, To plead for the poor in this place.She ...
The Fruits of The Spirit (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Spirit Divine! Eternal! Holy Dove!These sacred fruits are thine,—peace, joy, and love,Even peace with heaven, and peace on earth; a ...
Garibaldi In His Conquering Career In Italy (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Oh for a blast of the loudest E'er blown from the trumpet of fame!Oh for a song of the proudest E'er sung ...
The Power and Beauty of Scottish Song (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Wake every chord, strike every string, Diffuse harmonious raptures round;Ye foreign songsters warbling breathe The sweetest strains of vocal sound.Then, Scotia, pour ...
Be Hopeful: IV — The Resume (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Be hopeful, sweet singer; man may not raiseTo lays that thou pourest high peans of praise:The nightingale's song will ever ...